<input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="287a36aecf" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/blog/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/190" /><input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="287a36aecf" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/blog/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/190" />{"id":190,"date":"2011-06-02T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2011-06-20T01:36:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T01:36:18","slug":"how-to-check-if-your-gmail-account-has-been-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/how-to-check-if-your-gmail-account-has-been-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check if your Gmail account has been hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds0--><p>Firstly, my Gmail account hasn&#8217;t been hacked yet, but I came across a journalist that did. You&#8217;ve probably heard in the media that several Gmail accounts have been hacked. In this post I just wanted to share with you how you can confirm whether you&#8217;ve been hacked and what you can do about it.<\/p>\n<p>To confirm whether you&#8217;ve been hacked, login to your Gmail account. Click the options icon in the top right hand corner. Then click mail settings.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the accounts tab and check the &#8220;Grant access to your account&#8221; section as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Gmail-Settings.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-191\" title=\"Gmail - Settings\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Gmail-Settings-300x182.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Gmail - Settings\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s people that has been added to the list that you&#8217;ve never added before then you&#8217;ve been hacked. Delete them immediately&#8230;. but before you delete them take a screenshot as evidence and send it to us. We&#8217;ll post it here other can be aware of the culprits.<\/p>\n<p>You may also want to just look at your sent items to make sure they did not use your gmail account to send inappropriate emails.<\/p>\n<p>If you have, or haven&#8217;t been hacked the best thing to do is to change your password. My recommendation is to change it to a strong password &#8211; this means using symbols in the password or even phrases that contain spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Google also introduced the 2 factor authentication. I&#8217;ve tried it but it&#8217;s a bit painful to use.<\/p>\n<p>Also, keep in mind that your gmail username and password can also be used for the other google services such as Google Docs, Analytics, Adsense etc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lt-box\" style=\"border:1px solid #1d6a9e\"><div class=\"lt-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#2485C6;border-top:1px solid #a7cee8;text-shadow:1px 1px 0 #0b283b\">DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU'VE READ?<\/div><div class=\"lt-box-content\">Join our subscription list and receive our content right in your mailbox. 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